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jew·el·ry

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. jewelry, jewellerynoun

    an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems)

Wikipedia

  1. Jewelry

    Jewellery (UK) or jewelry (U.S.) consists of decorative items worn for personal adornment, such as brooches, rings, necklaces, earrings, pendants, bracelets, and cufflinks. Jewellery may be attached to the body or the clothes. From a western perspective, the term is restricted to durable ornaments, excluding flowers for example. For many centuries metal such as gold often combined with gemstones, has been the normal material for jewellery, but other materials such as glass, shells and other plant materials may be used. Jewellery is one of the oldest types of archaeological artefact – with 100,000-year-old beads made from Nassarius shells thought to be the oldest known jewellery. The basic forms of jewellery vary between cultures but are often extremely long-lived; in European cultures the most common forms of jewellery listed above have persisted since ancient times, while other forms such as adornments for the nose or ankle, important in other cultures, are much less common. Jewellery may be made from a wide range of materials. Gemstones and similar materials such as amber and coral, precious metals, beads, and shells have been widely used, and enamel has often been important. In most cultures jewellery can be understood as a status symbol, for its material properties, its patterns, or for meaningful symbols. Jewellery has been made to adorn nearly every body part, from hairpins to toe rings, and even genital jewellery. In modern European culture the amount worn by adult males is relatively low compared with other cultures and other periods in European culture. The word jewellery itself is derived from the word jewel, which was anglicised from the Old French "jouel", and beyond that, to the Latin word "jocale", meaning plaything. In British English, Indian English, New Zealand English, Hiberno-English, Australian English, and South African English it is spelled jewellery, while the spelling is jewelry in American English. Both are used in Canadian English, though jewellery prevails by a two to one margin. In French and a few other European languages the equivalent term, joaillerie, may also cover decorated metalwork in precious metal such as objets d'art and church items, not just objects worn on the person.

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  1. jewelry

    Jewelry refers to decorative items worn for personal adornment, such as rings, necklaces, earrings, bracelets, brooches, and pendants. These items are often made from precious metals like gold, silver, and platinum and may be adorned with gems, diamonds, pearls or other precious and semi-precious stones. Jewelry can serve various purposes, from signifying status or wealth, being a symbol of personal or cultural affiliation, to providing aesthetic or artistic expression.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Jewelrynoun

    the art or trade of a jeweler

  2. Jewelrynoun

    jewels, collectively; as, a bride's jewelry

  3. Etymology: [Cf. F. joaillerie.]

Wikidata

  1. Jewelry

    Jewelry is a South Korean girl group which was formed in 2001. Its most successful album was Kitchi Island. As of 2013, they are the longest running Korean girl group ever, surpassing super-group Baby V.O.X.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Jewelry

    Objects of precious metal usually containing gems and worn to enhance personal appearance. Health concerns include possible contamination from lead content or bacteria.

The Standard Electrical Dictionary

  1. Jewelry

    Small incandescent lamps are sometimes mounted as articles of jewelry in scarf-pins or in the hair. They may be supplied with current from storage or from portable batteries carried on the person.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of jewelry in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of jewelry in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of jewelry in a Sentence

  1. Scott Stripling:

    We registered 700 objects this last [excavation] season – seal impressions, scarabs, tools, weapons, jewelry, utilitarian objects, cultic objects, and about 2,000 pieces of pottery a day.

  2. Jack Trlica:

    Consumers understand why you have to lock up a fur coat or jewelry. But they say' why are we locking up deodorant ?'.

  3. Ellen Bachner:

    It was different, but she got to wear her dress and jewelry and take pictures with her friends.

  4. The Taliban:

    (They) killed a female doctor and her husband ... inside their house and then they took all their assets, jewelry and cash.

  5. Pamela Courts:

    Overnight, we had a break-in, so whatever was upstairs they came and took: TVs jewelry, everything.

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